[PATCH 4/4] f2fs: don't bother checking for encryption key in ->write_iter()

Eric Biggers ebiggers3 at gmail.com
Mon May 22 17:39:45 PDT 2017


From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers at google.com>

Since only an open file can be written to, and we only allow open()ing
an encrypted file when its key is available, there is no need to check
for the key again before permitting each ->write_iter().

This code was also broken in that it wouldn't actually have failed if
the key was in fact unavailable.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers at google.com>
---
 fs/f2fs/file.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index ff4db3efc0ac..3ccc63089a47 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -2318,11 +2318,6 @@ static ssize_t f2fs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	struct blk_plug plug;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	if (f2fs_encrypted_inode(inode) &&
-				!fscrypt_has_encryption_key(inode) &&
-				fscrypt_get_encryption_info(inode))
-		return -EACCES;
-
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	ret = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (ret > 0) {
-- 
2.13.0.303.g4ebf302169-goog




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